New Delhi: The terrorist militant organisation ISIS has warned its terrorists to stay away from Europe, which has now been termed the "epicentre" of the global coronavirus pandemic by the World Health Organisation.

In a set of directives to its jihadists in its newsletter Al Naba, ISIS told them to stay away from sick people and infected areas and also wash hands before eating, and keep the drinking water closed, media reports said.

The health advisory also urged the followers to cover their mouths while sneezing and run away from the sick people as one would run away from a lion, said reports.

However, it directed the sick jihadists, who may be present in Europe, "to stay there presumably to sicken infidels, according to a ‘sharia’ directive, the Sunday Times of London reported.

“Healthy should not enter the land of the epidemic and the afflicted should not exit from it,” the newsletter advised, reported media.

The “plague” is a “torment sent by God on whomsoever He wills” , the newsletter tells the jihadists.